Improvements Favored for Gallia County Children Home
Gallia County officials and state welfare workers debated the future of indigent children care. Miss Anne B Lanman and Miss Helen Windmiller urged abandoning the Home for a private home boarding plan arguing better living conditions. County leaders indicated willingness to spend over a thousand dollars on home improvements.
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Gallipolis
Anne B. Lanman
Helen Windmiller
Columbus
Gallia County
Board of of County Commissioners
Children’s Home
Probate Court
Board of County Commissioners
Tter
Miss Lanman
Miss Windmiller
State Welfare Department
Gallia County Cleared of Scarlet Fever and Immunization Drive
Gallia County reports its only scarlet fever case resolved leaving the area free of contagious diseases. County Nurse Naomi Evans leads a diphtheria immunization program for 700 to 800 rural school children with parent consent expanding as cases decline.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Naomi Evans
State Board of Health
Howard Gates in Critical Condition After Surgery
Howard Gates former deputy sheriff and Ohio Hospital for Epileptics employee lies in critical condition at a local hospital following an appendicitis operation.
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Gallipolis
Howard Gates
Ohio Hospital
Local couples apply for marriage licenses in Gallipolis
On Thursday two Gal lipolis couples Jas per Bonecutter 26 and Mary Frances Woodall 22 applied for licenses and Horton Arnold 19 with Rosemary Weyersmiller 18 of Pomeroy also sought licenses.
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Gallipolis
Jasper Bonecutter
Mary Frances Woodall
Horton Arnold
Rosemary Weyersmiller
Pomeroy
Infant Charles Wesley Rogers Succumbs in Ashland
Three days after the death of his mother Mrs Charles Rogers of Ashton West Virginia in Holzer Hospital the infant Charles Wesley Rogers died. He was buried beside his mother yesterday afternoon.
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Gallipolis
Charles Rogers
Ashton
W. Va
Holzer Hospital
Charles Wesley
Local Clothier Purchases Gallipolis Residence
Mrs. Margaret Moore Taylor of Portsmouth sold a residence two doors south of the Gallipolis Library to T. A. Thomas, a local clothier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Margaret Moore Taylor
Portsmouth
T. A. Thomas
Kyger Social And Personal Lucid Community Notes
Kyger social items recount church services at M E Church led by Rev H N Snider on January 22 and list local Sunday School officers including Malinda Bradbury and Hattie Mack. Daughters of America officers were installed January 11. Community members and visitors are named with brief visits and illness notes among residents of Kyger and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malinda Bradbury
Hattie Mack
Nelle Werner
Robert Grover
Wade Rupe
Evelyn Tate
Paul Ward
Ura G. Grover
Ura Grover
Mary B. Rupe
Betty Bradbury
Jean Rupe
Arlene Spurlock
Elna Spurlock
Ladies Aid Society
Flora Bradbury
A.R.S
J.S
Alice Simms
O.S
J. A. Searles
Viola Rumfield
Nancy Might
Mary
Rutland
Chester Ward
Carl Lemley
Perry Bradbury
Garfield Searles
Old Rgger
Clara Carson
West Rutland
Dora Butcher
Alice Grover
Jesse Creek
Clarence Grover
G. G. Werner
Dickinson
Albert Milhoan
Parkersburg
Francis Grover
Anna Ellen Spurlock
Gallipolis
Organize Youth Movement For Rural Advancement
Under Miss Hilda Horst an agriculture extension worker, a Gallia County youth group is being formed to advance rural life socially civically and recreationally. A temporary committee includes Elva Sheets Eleanor Lusher Zenia Shaw Frances Loucks and Esta George with a formal meeting set for Feb 15 to elect a permanent body.
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Gallipolis
Hilda Horst
Agriculture Extension Worker of
Columbus
Gallia County
Elva Sheets
Eleanor Lusher
Zenia Shaw
Frances Loucks
Esta George
Gallia
Horst
Haydenville News Briefs Highlight Local Families and Church Night
Local residents like Mrs. John Campbell and son return from Cherrington Hospital. Several families host relatives from Columbus and Logan. Funeral services for Mrs. Loretta Guither were held, with burial at Beech Grove Cemetery. Church Night to be observed at Taylor Ridge Church of Christ with devotional, business session, and social hour.
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Haydenville
John Campbell
Cherrington Hospital
Albert Shaw
East Fultonham
Ralph Campbell
Chauncey
Taylor Ridge Church of Christ
Carl Hilderbrand
C. M. Anglin
Rolland Mulpas
Hunter Brandon: Deer pins hunter, youth kills buck in self defense
Frank Malinowski, 22, was pinned by a wounded deer in Turn on Hunter Brandon, Virginia. He freed an arm, drew his knife, and killed the 14 point, 186 pound animal to escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon
Frank Malinowski
Gallia Native Mary Powell Dies in Springfield Home
Mary Carter Powell 79 widow of William Powell a Gallia County native died Wednesday at her brother Charles Carters home in Springfield She was born near Patriot Perry Township Surviving brothers include Peter Carter James John and Richard Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p m at Salem Baptist Church with Rev W S Westerman officiating and interment in Salem Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Mary Carter Powell
William Powell
Gallia County
Charles Carter
Springfield
W. S. Westerman
Salem Cemetery
Play on Gallipolis early settlement this Saturday
Gallipolis residents are invited to a historical drama depicting scenes and prominent figures from the area's early settlement. The play is written by Miss Virginia E. Lewis of Marshall College faculty and will be presented by the college dramatic club Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Virginia E. Lewis
Marshall College
Thirteen in dependent grocers form protective association
Probate Court of Athens County Ohio suspends hearing on several estates for accounts filed December 1938 and January 1939 with exceptions due by February 1 1939. The notices name administrators executors guardians and trustees including Mathews Pritchard Bean Abraham Brill Crawford Jeffers Kasler Peters Olson Bank of Athens Gabriel Shivers Gettle Williams and others. Francis D White Probate Judge. 1-6-39 sotw
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Probate Court
Athens County
Ohio
Ray Mathews
Pearl D. Roker
A. L. Pritchard
T. J. Gilpin
Nora Crawford
Paul Jeffers
Dorothy Ann Jeffers
A. W. Kasler
Samuel M. Kasler
William E. Peters
Samuel K. Mardis
Bernard Cable Bowers
Phil F. Robinson
Harry E
Tolbert S
Betty Louise Jones
Myrtle Gettle
Frances M. Gettle
Ida A. Williams
Henry G
Wilbur H. Williams
Red Cross To Hold Election At First Baptist Church
Gallipolis indication Mrs Wayne Booth executive secretary that Red Cross membership meeting starts tomorrow at 2 p m in the First Baptist Church. Election of directors and officers planned with other business and committee reports. Tea to be served at the end. All county city and community Red Cross workers expected.
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Gallipolis
Wayne Booth
Red Cross
First Baptist Church
Booth
Grass Run-Side Hill Social and Personal
Local social notes list Sunday visits and weekday calls among residents of Grass Run Side Hill. The entries record guests from Rutland Dexter Huntington Happy Hollow Harrisonville and Old Dexter, plus ill health of Barbara Ann Dulaney and weekend stays by Miss Betty Amos and others.
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A. E. Plummer
Jean
Edward Plummer
Near
Rutland
Claude Dulaney
Dexter
C. H. Amos
Harley Amos
Allen Braley
Orient
Harry Saxton
Norman Will
James Nicholson
Willam Nicholson
Seth F. Nicholson
Dexter Ladies Aid Society
Samuel Cook
Clifford Wood
Don Morgan
Harley Amos N
C. F. Anderson
F. C. Halliday
Harrisonville
Alta Will
Pearl Will
Orville
Huntington
Roy Barton
Will Haley
Happy Hollow
Bartlett Romine
H. L. Knopp
G. F. Morris
Leo
Will Bachner
Max Nelson
F. C. Folden
Barbara Ann
Betty Amos
Chillicothe
Raymond Saxton
Middleport
John Carr
Divorce action and foreclosure notice in Athens County
Jewell Scott sues for divorce from Barney Everett Scott and seeks alimony and custody for two children aged 6 and 4 amid allegations of cruelty and neglect. The Federal Land Bank of Louisville files a mortgage foreclosure petition in Common Pleas Court of Athens County seeking sale of 282 acres in Carthage Township with further liens marshaling and an answer due by Feb. 11, 1939. The case lists defendants including The Florsheim Shoe Company and John E. Bailey et al as parties with interests in the described real estate.
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Gallipolis
Barney Everett Scott
Jewell Scott
Scott
John E. Bailey
Clara A. Bailey
Florsheim Shoe Company
West Adam Street
Chicago
Illinois
Federal Land Bank of Louisville
Common Pleas Court
Athens County
Ohio
Carthage
Towit
Carthage Township
Nathan Hatch
J. E. Clark
Section No
Town No
Range No
A. B. Wells
Heart of the North at Athena Saturday
The Warner Bros. Technicolor tale Heart of the North depicts the Royal Canadian Mounted Police with authentic detail and thrills. Starred by Dick Foran with Gloria Dickson Gale Page and Janet Chapman, the cast includes Allen Jenkins Patric Knowles James Stephenson Anthony Averill Joe Sawyer and Rex the police dog in a vivid Mounties adventure.
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Warner Bros
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Athena Theater
Dick Foran
Gloria Dickson
Gale Page
Janet Chapman
Broadway Musketeers
Allen Jenkins
Patric Knowles
James Stephenson
Anthony Averill
Joe Sawyer
Joseph King
Russell Simpson
Mothers' Club backs party for band in Gallipolis
Local Band Mothers' Club sponsors a card party at the Elks' Club Wednesday night to reduce band uniforms debt. A $500 debt has been reduced to $59. Card party committee includes Mrs. J. R. Gwinn, Mrs. Stella Mohr, Mrs. Helen Russell, Mrs. George Lear, Mrs. Jord Bayless, and Mrs. H. W. Wetherholt.
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Gallipolis
Mothers’ Club
Elks’ Club
J. R. Gwinn
Stella Mohr
Helen Russell
George Lear
Jord Bayless
H. W. Wetherholt
Gallia County Co. to Dine Stockholders After Meeting
About 250 persons will dine on turkey at the Methodist Church refectory tomorrow noon as Gallia County Produce Co. directors entertain stockholders. A business meeting precedes the dinner and includes an election of directors.
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Gallipolis
Methodist Church
Gallia
Dairymen Explore Better Marketing in Gallia County
Gallia County Association of Dairymen with 84 members chaired by Lester Hamrick met at the Court House to discuss improved marketing options. Current milk sales focus on Gallipolis and nearby Ohio Hospital for Epileptics with markets in Huntington and Charleston, West Virginia.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Meigs
Cheshire
Trusman Burnett
J. A. Joachim
Meigs County
Lawson Home Sold To Alva Myers For Improvement
Residence property of the late Miss Jennie Lawson on Fourth near State Street has been purchased by Alva Myers who will improve and rent it.
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Gallipolis
Jennie Lawson
Fourth Near
State Street
Alva Myers
Divorce suit filed by Mrs Elsia Harrison in Gallia County
Mrs Elsia Harrison files for divorce from Edward Harrison a WPA worker citing cruelty and neglect. Married four years, they have a daughter Christina Lou aged two. Mother seeks alimony and custody of the child.
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Gallipolis
Elsia Harrison
Edward Harrison
WPA
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